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  2. WHEN PETS ARE ILL.

    In the case of a pet falling victim to a serious accident or malady it is always advisable, of course, to call in the services of a "vet," but there are ...

    Article : 388 words
  3. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    There is a churchyard in Ireland at the entrance to which is a notice: "Only those living in the parish buried in this graveyard." ...

    Article : 843 words
  4. WHY WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN.

    In almost all civilised countries women outnumber men, and this fact has been ascribed to the higher birth rate of girl babies; yet statistics show ...

    Article : 309 words
  5. AMERICAN HUMOUR.

    His Noble Aim.—The Young Man: "I understand your father speaks very highly of me." The Young Lady: "Yes, but he ...

    Article : 805 words
  6. SCIENCE NOTES & NEWS

    Apropos of the ornate new 500 franc note to be issued by the Banque de France, with its elaborate design and its violet, blue, and green ...

    Article : 90 words
  7. TOBACCO BLINDNESS.

    It has been remarked that tobacco blindness is now becoming quite a common affliction, and a short time ago several persons were being treated for ...

    Article : 239 words
  8. THE POULTRY RUN.

    This fine breed is worthy of much greater cultivation. There are several varieties, and the birds are of handy, medium size and weight, the hens are ...

    Article : 242 words
  9. ARSENIC FOR WATER WEEDS.

    A solution of arsenic will be used to clear the ship canal in Gatun Lake of the Panama Canal of vegetation of various kinds. The remedy is being ...

    Article : 117 words
  10. THE SEX OF GEESE.

    It is somewhat difficult to speak positively of the sex of geese. All sorts of expedients are resorted to in ascertaining it, some people trusting ...

    Article : 240 words
  11. PHOTOGRAPHS ON CLAY.

    Professor J. Hammond Smith, of the University of Pittsburg, has perfected an invention which he calls a sterometrioon by which human features ...

    Article : 117 words
  12. INDIVIDUAL [?]NGER BOWLS OF PAPER.

    A very practical advance in sanitation has been adopted by several hotels and eating houses, by the substitution of individual finger bowls of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 97 words
  13. "BIGGEST SHOW 'CEPT ONE."

    A circus was coming to an American town, and every barn and every fence within a radius of fifty miles or so had been billed with the usual lurid ...

    Article : 242 words
  14. WHAT SHE MEANT.

    Amelia was all sweet, nice, and nervous, and she said to her sweetheart:— "You have been so old a friend, I want to tell you something. I am," ...

    Article : 184 words
  15. METALLIC WALL-COVERING.

    French inventors of a new system of metallic wall covering claim quite a superiority over plaster or wood, and cheapness as well. On the laths ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. TESTING, ETC.

    Should several hens be sitting on eggs all set at the same time some advantage may be gained by testing for fertility on or about the seventh ...

    Article : 204 words
  17. MADE THE KING LAUGH.

    A King of Prussia who reigned about the beginning of last century was noted for his geniality, and often in the course of his walks through the ...

    Article : 244 words
  18. A RIVAL TO CHLOROFORM.

    A new anaesthetic, from which great things are hoped, is being used in [?]periments on animals at a Cambridge laboratory. The substance used ...

    Article : 141 words
  19. BAD MEMORIES.

    Many people complain of having a bad memory, as if it were something they could not help, like a headache, or some similar ailment; yet even that ...

    Article : 205 words
  20. A BIT OF HIS OWN BACK.

    The judge had never taken a Turkish bath, but he was not feeling his best one morning, and it suddenly occurred to him to test its vivifying effects. ...

    Article : 207 words
  21. NOTES FOR THE NOTICE.

    If you don't want diarrhoea among, the birds keep the drinking water in the shade, and supply a fresh lot every day. Sun-warmed water is a ...

    Article : 324 words
  22. THESE GEMS CHANGE COLOUR.

    The newest fashionable gem is one that has the somewhat startling [?]liarity of being a quite difficult colour in the eveing from its daytime ...

    Article : 268 words
  23. NATIONAL ANTHEMS.

    Both the Chinese and Japanese National Anthems have the merit of brevity. The length of most National Anthems is in inverse ratio to the size ...

    Article : 105 words
  24. A CLEAN SET BACK.

    A gentlemanly commercial traveller in a train met a lady, nd politely rendered her such assistance that she reciprocated by permitting him to talk ...

    Article : 189 words
  25. HOW TO SHOP.

    How much will you give me for this atlas[?] asked a lawyer as he walked into a second-hand bookseller's and produced the book named. ...

    Article : 151 words
  26. THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT.

    He had decided at last to make the great avowal, convinced that a word would suffice to assure his good fortune. He only lacked a beginning, a ...

    Article : 108 words
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